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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. GOURLEY, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

FOLDING CLOTHES-BARS.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,745, dated May 30,1882.

l Application tiled February 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. GOURLEY, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State Vof New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Folding Clothes-Bars, of whichthe following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class ot' cloihesbars which are pivoted attheir ends and adapted to project at various angles from their pivot, orswing out ofthe way and lie close to the wall, as may be desired.

The invention consists in a novel arrangement of severa-l series ofclothes-bars pivoted to opposite ends of a shelf and base in such amanner as to allow them to fold toward and upon one another7 and when sofolded lie close underneath the shelf, and thus be protected from dust,all as hereinafter more fully ex plained, and set iorth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis a front view ot my inventionwith theclothes-bars folded upon one another. Fig. 2 is a top view, showing theelothesba-rs distended. Fig. 3is an end view of the apparatus with thebars folded, and Fig. 4 is a section on line w a: in Fig. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate eorrespending parts.

Arepresents the back plate, from which project a horizontal base-plate,B, and a shelf, C. From the shelf O to the base B, at each end thereof,extend two or more vertical rods, a a, upon each of which is pivoted aseries of bars, b b. Said rods are arranged at different distances fromthe back A and from the ends of the shelf O, and thus brought into suchrelative position as to allow the bars of the several sets to project invarious directions, as ,to shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and to foldtoward and upon one another alternately from opposite ends of the shelfO and base B, as illustrated in Fig. et of' the drawings, the bars beingbeveled toward their ends to allow t5 them to lie close upon one anotherand snugly under the shelf O when said bars are folded,

as aforesaid. When in the latter position the bars are protected fromdust by the upper shelf, (l, and present a straightsurface under- 5oneath said shelf.

The described apparatus is to be secured with its back A to the wall,and may be ornamented to suit the taste.

The shelf O, aside from its described fnnc- 55 tionsin connection withthe clothes-bars, serres as an ordinary shelf.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In combination with theback A, base B, 6o and shelf O, two or more rods, a a, secured to eachend of the base and shelf and at different distances from the back A andfrom the ends ofthe shelf, and the bars b b, pivoted on said rods andadapted to fold over one an- 65 other alternately from opposite ends ot'the shelt' and base, and tapered to lie closely together when folded,all as shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal,in the presence 7o of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga,in the State of New York, this lSth day of February,1882.

JOHN S. GOURLEY.

